Criminals are selling access to FBI and other law enforcement and government email accounts to other criminals via dark web marketplaces for as little as $40.

These are active accounts, which miscreants have compromised so their peers can pose as government officials and cops in pursuit of further crimes, according to Abnormal AI researchers, who documented the illicit economy in a Thursday report. The email accounts include agencies in the US, UK, Brazil, Germany, and India.

"This isn't just recycled credential data," Abnormal AI's head of threat intel Piotr Wojtyla told The Register . "It's real-time access to active .gov and .police accounts, confirmed through direct engagement with a top dark web seller."

The research team confirmed that the accounts were live, and not spoofed or do

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